ZOO ATLANTA ANNUAL REPORT ANIMAL BIRTHS Zoo Atlanta holds the world’s only legally-owned zoological We experienced the elation of the collection of Guatemalan beaded birth of Jabari, the first rhino calf lizards and is rapidly becoming a ever born at Zoo Atlanta in our leader in the successful reproduction 125-year history. of this species, which is found only in Guatemala’s Motagua Valley. 188 days 65 BIRTHS 57 BIRTHS 97 BIRTHS 219 BIRTHS 13 SPECIES 10 SPECIES 19 SPECIES 4,512 HOURS REPTILIA MAMMALIA AVES 24-hour monitoring of Lun Lun 42 SPEECIES and the cubs Zookeepers 7 Vet staff 3 1 Curator of Mammals 1 Chinese colleague JABARI 60 pounds at birth 1/300th of his mother's weight America’s only giant MEI LUN and MEI HUAN panda twins 5 ounces at birth 1/900th of their mother's weight MEI LUN AND MEI HUAN Born July 15, 2013 Mei Lun at 6:21 p.m. Mei Huan at 6:23 p.m. GREAT APE BIRTHS We celebrated heartwarming success stories such as the Anaka Andi Pelari Pongo Western lowland gorilla Western lowland gorilla Bornean orangutan Sumatran orangutan story of Blaze and August 30, 2013 March 14, 2013 September 14, 2013 January 10, 2013 Pongo the Sumatran orangutans, reunited as mother and son after three months of round-the-clock care by some very determined human HELPING GORILLAS IN THE WILD caregivers. Great Ape Heart Project led a team to Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon. Veterinarians 4 1 Cardiologist COLTAN 1 Photographer 1,668 cell phones COLTAN 15 GORILLAS 32 CHIMPANZEES Recycled with proceeds going A substance mined in gorilla Screened for cardiac disease Screened for cardiac disease exclusively to gorilla conservation habitat at Limbe at Limbe SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH Instagram launched + 40%+ 40% + 75% + 140% 24,682 4,997 1,184 500,000 followers gained followers gained followers gained followers gained Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Instagram Making a splash in the morning The twin giant panda cubs were named Mei Lun (may A Case Study on Google+ loon) and Mei Huan (may hwaan). The names, which Zoo Atlanta is spearheading Hangouts On Air in originate from a Chinese idiom meaning “something classrooms with our Virtual Field Trips in the indescribably beautiful and magnificent,” were Connected Classrooms program. announced via live broadcast on Good Morning America on October 23, 2013. Top YouTube Video Animal Planet L!VE’s Sloth Cam, featuring Zoo Atlanta’s own Cocoa, Bonnie and Okra, debuted in October and is incredibly popular with web viewers. Biweekly The first 100 Days of Mei Lun and Mei Huan Sloth Cam Chats followed in 2014. 724,854 views 1,601,474 minutes watched GROWTH & LOOKING FORWARD December | 27,758 January | 27,609 November | 42,505 February | 26,873 March | 72,767 October | 84,423 850,000 Total Visitors September | 63,990 Monthly April | 121,553 10% INCREASE Visitors August | 73,188 Membership May | 103,982 July | 103,975 54% April - July June | 104,361 433,871 visitors HUMAN HELPING HANDS Equivalent to Volunteer service hours Valued at 58,938 $1.1 MILLION 26 Full-time staff GIRAFFES LOVE LETTUCE The Twiga Terrace giraffe feeding program sold an impressive amount of lettuce and browse. Everyone on grounds – be they full-time staff, Volunteers or Volunteens – joined forces to make an impact on the lives of thousands of people. Sales: $33,290 vs. Budget at $20,655 135,000 634,000 Previous year at $14,015 Students and families reached Visitors impacted through education programs CONSERVATION PROJECTS While we continued to exert leadership in our primary centers of excellence – giant pandas, great apes, and reptiles and amphibians – our Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund allowed us to make Red pandas an impact on programs not historically represented in our targeted areas, Nepal extending our 2013 support. $5,000 - Red Panda Network Vulnerable Frost’s alligator lizards Clouded leopard and Guatemala wild cats Borneo $12,650 - Foundation for the Endangered $4,800 - University Species of Guatemala LOCATION TS Complutense Madrid OF PROJEC Critically endangered Vulnerable Black rhinoceros Zimbabwe NEW PROJECTS FOR 2013 | total $32,400 $10,000 - International EXISTING PROJECTS Rhino Foundation/ Lowveld Rhino Trust Critically endangered FINANCES Zoo Atlanta Zoo Atlanta 2013 Operating Revenue* 2013 Operating Expenses $18.6 million $17.3 million Contributed Goods and Services | 3% Other | 1% Contributed Goods and Services | 3% Membership | 4% Conservation and Education | 6% Advancement | 5% Animal Welfare | 26% Contributions and Conservation and Education | 10% Events | 12% Admissions | 39% Marketing | 6% Membership | 18% General Administration Operations | 20% 11% Concessions and Rental Events | 21% Concessions and Rental Events | 15% *Results are unaudited. THANK YOU DONORS We Applaud Our Donors Zoo Atlanta would like to express gratitude to the following donors for their generous gifts given between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013. $80,000 - $100,000 $10,000 - $14,999 Charlie B. Crawford The Deepak Raghavan Family Chris Carlos Wayne and Maria Aaron Tye and Cathy Darland Foundation The Coca-Cola Company AT&T Georgia Patricia Dickey Recall North America The Atlanta Foundation Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP Brent and Darcelle Reid Norfolk Southern Foundation* The Arthur M. Blank Family Gerry and Avary Doubleday John and Lisa Ripoll Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Don and Peggy Rogers $50,000 - $79,999 Nancy and Eric Brown Andrew and Faye Evans Rogers & Hardin Thalia N. Carlos & Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Andrea Farley and Paul Carriere Gigi and Christopher Rouland Chris M. Carlos Foundation Foundation Fifth Third Bank Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. and Susan Foster Dr. William E. Torres Delta Air Lines, Inc. Credit Suisse Private Bank Doug and Donna Curling Richard and Loretta Frankovic Charles and Donna Sharbaugh Ford Motor Company Fund Deloitte Nicholas and Aimee Franz Timothy and Isabelle Smock Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. John and Mary Franklin Ron Frieson SouthStar Energy Services, LLC. The Hack Foundation* Foundation, Inc. Dr. Sara Helen Goza Standard Office Systems David and Cecelia Ratcliffe Georgia-Pacific Corporation Barbara Gray Joe and Melody Thomas The Goddard Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Troutman Sanders Strategies Heidrick & Struggles Inc. The UPS Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Matt and Brittany Gove Walter Clay Hill and Family William Hill Stephanie and Steven Vettese AGL Resources, Inc. Jackson Houk Robert and Judith Webb Foundation Anonymous Moises and Rosa Huntt Windham Brannon The Home Depot, Inc. Georgia Power Company Stephen and Dean Johnston Keith and Dr. Sylvia Wright Mark and Christy Roberts PNC Foundation Jones Day WSB-TV, Channel 2 Michael and Lovette Russell JP Morgan Chase John and Ellen Yates Primerica Foundation Charles and Linda Sward Kaiser Permanente The Mabel Dorn Reeder Rick and Michelle Trainor Dan Kaufman Foundation Troutman Sanders LLP Ernest and Teresa Key Jeffrey Sprecher and Wilmington Trust David and MinJae Kim Kelly Loeffler Zeist Foundation Theodore J. LaVallee, Sr. Zoo New England / Wells Fargo Mark and Elizabeth Lazarus Franklin Park Zoo Susan Grant and $15,000 - $24,999 Honore A. LeBrun, III $5,000 - $9,999 Brad and Mary Frances Benton Cheryl Levick African lions Michael and Andreane Anderson The Honorable Anne Cox The Little Family Foundation November 19, 2013 Anonymous Chambers Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Anonymous Ford Motor Company- Systems Arrow Exterminators, Inc. The four cubs are the National Office Charles and Catherine Markwalter Atlanta Charity Clays Robert and Kathleen Goddard Scott and Gwen McPherson second litter for Kiki Bank of America Marianne Halle Animal Ward and Laura Morse and Kamau. Eddy and Erica Benoit Support Foundation William and Fiona Nemetz Mary Allen Lindsey Branan LexisNexis Novelis Foundation PS Energy Group, Inc. Catherine M. O'Neil Sharon and David Byers Wells Fargo Foundation Inc. The Pittulloch Foundation Kelly Caffarelli Alexander and Virginia Williams Ashley Preisinger Charles and Elizabeth Cary Publix Super Market Charities Steve and Barbara Chaddick *Indicates a multi-year gift $2,500 - $4,999 $1,000 - $2,499 Drs. Duane and Fleda Jackson Suzanne Wilner Neal M. Allen AGCO Corp. Donald and Becca Jennings Diane Wilshire Alston & Bird John and Juliet Allan Charlene Johnson WXIA-TV, 11 ALIVE Ann Berry and James Stephens David and Sherry Anglin William Jonas and Celeste Bottorff Anonymous Mary Gleim-Jonas $500 - $999 Gregg and Eugenia Burch Glenn and Sheri Austin Ann Jourdan Anonymous CLC Foundation, Inc. Eleanor Banister Raymond and Robin King Bill Balzer Stephanie De Benedictis Christopher and Melinda Barber King & Spalding Merrell and Constance Calhoun Emory Healthcare Tim and Elesa Bentsen John and Karole Lloyd Tom and Sabina Carr Enterprise Holdings Foundation Nancy Bivins Ron Loudin Reeves and Beth Cary Equifax Inc. Jenny Bloom and Betty Bloom Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Jim and Wendy Cheeks J. Randolph and Linda Evans Laura H. Boland Molly and Kenneth Lynch Rob Cherof Chaice and Tom Garner Richard Brinkley Chad and Sarah Mallory Gail and Jason Evans Ben and Michele Garren Ray Bryant and Kristi Burnham Peter and Sandy McGaffigan Derek and Michelle Freeman Georgia State University Athletics Joseph G. & Inez Crawford Julia Merkle Allen and Ellen Gaines Polly Heyward Burtchaell Foundation Walter Mitchell and Marci Schmerler Peg Gallagher and Richard and Diane Hudson C2 Education Starr Moore William Chuck Hunter Lana M. Jordan Dan and Christy Campbell Michael A. Morris Kevin and Patricia Goff Sucessfully bred 18 David and Jennifer Kahn Cardlytics, Inc. Nationwide Insurance Mrs. Louise Staton Gunn species of birds! David & Jennifer Kahn Family Daniel J. Chen McKee and Sally Nunnally Mark and Burch Hanson Foundation Cindilu Clancy and Bill Trammell Judith Fowler Ottley Sarah Hundley and Brian McCracken Aspen and Jason Kron Montie and Janette Cutlip John and Helen Parker IBM Global Services Beth Kytle Chandler and Zeb Cindy and Craig Davis Monica Pascoe Jewish Federation of Greater Chandler John and Gerna Davis Bob and Mildred Petty Atlanta Inc.